Lot 335
TWO ASIAN BRONZE VESSELS: 1) Small Japanese sensor with pierced dome lid, 4-1/8"H; 2) Chinese archaic design jar with ring handles, 7"H x 10-1/2" overall diameter. Lot includes two round display plinths. The larger vessel in the lot, called a "Ding," was used by ancient Chinese people for sacrificial offerings or cooking/storing food. Based on the square seal marks on the bottom of this container (O'Gallerie consulted a professor specializing in Chinese character studies at Shandong University after showing them a photo of the seal), the preliminary interpretation suggests the seal reads "Wan Long Ding Sun Ji Yong." Although some characters remain undecipherable, the approximate meaning of the text is: the location name where the Ding originated and the owner's name. The seal is a cast mark, and judging by the script style, it is from the Warring States period of ancient China, roughly 450 BCE. This conclusion is based on the use of "Jinwen" characters. Jinwen, or "Bronze Script," was used from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties up until the Warring States periods, spanning over a thousand years. These characters were primarily cast on bronze artifacts. In ancient times, bronze was referred to as "gold," hence the script's name, Jinwen (Gold character). However, the reference used was from the "Oracle Bone Script Research Network" to compare these characters one by one using their character evolution function and found that they derive from different periods. The character "Wan" is Jinwen, derived from an oracle bone script resembling a scorpion with a pointed head, large pincers, and a tail; "Long" is also Jinwen, derived from an oracle bone script resembling a coiled snake with a wide-open mouth; "Ding" is Jinwen, derived from an oracle bone script representing a bronze vessel with legs and handles, commonly used during the Shang and Zhou dynasties for cooking and sacrificial offerings in royal palaces. However, the "Sun" character (a classic Chinese surname) appears, upon comparison, not to be Jinwen but rather modern traditional Chinese. This leads to the preliminary conclusion that this is likely an old reproduction. Nonetheless, the craftsmanship and inscription engraving are highly professional and aesthetically pleasing.
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